Depicting ethnic diversity within Mormon art and scholarship often magnifies the religion’s white dominant membership. For example, J. Kirk Richards’ “Eve and the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge,” which depicts a nude black Eve, drew criticism for presenting an “exoticized” black woman “naked and up for auction.” Since depictions of black Mormons in history, …
Speaker: Brad Kramer
Our Mother’s Keeper
ourmotherskeeper.Com (OMK) was founded to explore the themes of environmentalism, ecofeminism, and ecological justice. Speakers will discuss their viewpoints on these issues and their interconnectedness, focusing especially on the common themes of commodification and efficient, profitable exploitation of nature and labor. Mormons typically find environmentalism and feminism threatening, hindering broader engagement of the Mormon community; …
Homemaking Radicalism And Homemaking Realities
The LDS Church has made it clear to women that their proper sphere of influence is the home; it is women’s responsibility to care for the spiritual, emotional, physical, and psychological health and well-being of all who live with them. Women’s myriad obligations to family and home fall under the category of Brad Kramer, Tracy …